# The Daily Feud: Fiction & Fiction Authors by 5-4-Fighting \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 12, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739 "2008-08-12T15:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/41 "2008-08-12T21:26:12Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Red Badge of Courage 3. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 4. Forrest Gump 5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 6. Stephen King & Joe Hill 7. Ken Follett 8. The Shining 9. Gone with the Wind 10. Moby-dick ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/42 "2008-08-12T21:28:20Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] 1. Mark Twain 2. Like Water for Chocolate 3. John Jakes [/QUOTE] You almost always seem to pick some of the same answers as me, ones that I mostly think not a lot of people will end up thinking of. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/43 "2008-08-12T21:38:43Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. White Fang 3. Darkly Dreaming Dexter 4. Day Of The Jackal 5. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory 6. Kingsley and Martin Amis 7. Charles Dickens 8. Christine 9. The Wind In The Willows 10. Moby Dick #3 Okay, Deb’s is Dexter’s step-sister, but it’s recent enough to be remembered. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/44 "2008-08-12T21:44:32Z")
Gah! I’m gutted at missing TLTWAT Wardrobe for #3! ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/45 "2008-08-12T21:47:41Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. _The Scarlet Letter_ 3. _The Chronicles of Narnia_ 4. _Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles_ 5. _The Grapes of Wrath_ 6. Dumas pere et fils 7. James Clavell 8. _The Shining_ 9. _Gone with the Wind_ 10. _Moby-Dick_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/46 "2008-08-12T22:03:10Z")
1. Toni Morrison 2. The Hunt for Red October 3. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 4. 1632 5. Like Water for Chocolate 6. Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert 7. James Michener 8. Carrie 9. Gone With the Wind 10. The Old Man and the Sea For #4 there are so many examples I couldn’t begin to decide which answer would be most popular. So I picked one of my favorite examples. For #6 I know Frank is dead, and there’s some debate as to whether Brian is a author or a hack. For #7 I just wanted to say that Michener was one of my favorites. And gracious to fans too, I have two short notes he wrote to me in reply to some questions I asked him about his writing. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/47 "2008-08-12T22:16:06Z")
I can’t believe I put “Red Rabbit” and spaced on “The Hunt for Red October” _by the same freakin’ author!_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/48 "2008-08-12T22:27:55Z")
1. Mark Thompson 2. _How Green Was My Valley_ 3. _The Great Santini_ 4. _First Among Equals_ 5. _Bread and Jam for Frances_ 6. Stephen King and Joe Hill 7. Gary Jennings 8. _Misery_ 9. _Gone with the Wind_ 10. _Ship of Fools_ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/49 "2008-08-12T22:30:07Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Hunt for red october 3. The Lion the witch and the wardrobe 4. Ragtime 5. Charlie and the Chocolate factory 6. Kingsley and Martin Amis 7. Mary Renault 8. The shining 9. The good earth 10. The old man and the sea ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/50 "2008-08-12T22:47:37Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 2. _How Green Was My Valley_ [/QUOTE] Thank you! I thought I was going to be the only one with that answer. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/51 "2008-08-13T00:03:57Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Red Badge of Courage 3. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 4. Flashman 5. The Grapes of Wrath 6. J.R.R Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien 7. James Clavell 8. The Shining 9. The Good Earth 10. Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/52 "2008-08-13T00:25:31Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. Anne of Green Gables 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Winds of War 5. Grapes of Wrath 6. Alexandre Dumas 7. James Michener 8. The Shining 9. The Good Earth 10. The Old Man and the Sea ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/53 "2008-08-13T00:37:24Z")
Call me stupid, I didn’t think of Moby Dick :smack: I spent the first hour of my bicycle commute home trying to come up with a decent answer for #4- all I could come up with were: James & the Giant Peach and A Clockwork Orange. Finally The Grapes of Wrath popped into my mind. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/54 "2008-08-13T01:14:17Z")
MARK TWAIN! GAH! I could NOT, for the life of me, think of any author with MT or TM initials. GAAAAH! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/55 "2008-08-13T01:41:43Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] You almost always seem to pick some of the same answers as me, ones that I mostly think not a lot of people will end up thinking of. 🆒 [/QUOTE] Well, this time it was me, Mr. S, and Google. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/56 "2008-08-13T04:48:07Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. The Color of Money 3. Podkayne of Mars 4. Being John Malkovich 5. Green Eggs and Ham 6. I can’t think of any 7. Patrick O’Brian 8. The Shining 9. Gone with the Wind 10. Master and Commander ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/57 "2008-08-13T12:05:32Z")
Come on, slow-coaches. We need another 7. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/58 "2008-08-13T12:15:57Z")
1. Mark Twain 2. Masque of the Red Death 3. Hotel New Hampshire 4. System of the World 5. The Cat Who Said Cheese 6. Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert 7. Colleen McCullough 8. The Stand 9. Gone With The Wind 10. The One Tree ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/59 "2008-08-13T12:57:02Z")
[QUOTE=lawoot] 1. Mark Twain 2. Masque of the Red Death 3. Hotel New Hampshire 4. System of the World 5. The Cat Who Said Cheese 6. Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert 7. Colleen McCullough 8. The Stand 9. Gone With The Wind 10. The One Tree [/QUOTE] Thank you for “The Stand” - I thought it would be a lot more popular. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739/60 "2008-08-13T14:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] 10.Moby Dick [/QUOTE] Hey, **Swampy** - about that space between the 10. and the M? Ahem… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fiction-fiction-authors-by-5-4-fighting-closed/459739.md?page=4)